Last season, the team suffered its first losing season under Arians. The team went 7-8-1.

In 2015, he guided the team to its best record at 13-3. They also advanced to the NFC Conference Championship game, before losing to the Carolina Panthers.

Prior to his appointment as the Cardinals head coach, he was the Indianapolis Colts interim head coach in 2012. This was when Chuck Pagano was dealing with his cancer treatments— and ultimately beat the disease.

Arians has had been coaching for more than 40-years. He was also a member of two Pittsburgh Steelers teams that won the Super Bowl.